289 traffic accidents registered in Gozo in second quarter

Għarb, Għasri, Kerċem and Fontana registered less than five road traffic accidents between April and June 2025, the lowest number recorded, together with Mdina in Malta.

In all, 289 road traffic accidents were registered in Gozo in the same three months, five less than were reported in 2024.

32 of those accidents involved injuries to drivers, passengers or pedestrians, but none of the accidents in Gozo resulted in a fatality. 

The highest number of traffic accidents in Gozo were reported in Rabat (86), Xewkija (44), Għajnsielem (31), Nadur (25) and Qala (22).

The total number of reported traffic accidents across Malta and Gozo during the second quarter of 2025 reached 4,026, down by 9.2 per cent over the same period in 2024. 

The Northern Harbour district registered the most accidents with 1,366 cases or 33.9 per cent of all accidents.

Road traffic casualties decreased by 16.1 per cent to 343 over the same period in 2024. 

Grievously injured persons amounted to 108, and consisted of 73 drivers, 13 passengers and 22 pedestrians/cyclists/others. 

The injuries suffered by three drivers, a pedestrian and a cyclist proved fatal. During this quarter, two more fatalities were registered when compared to the same period in 2024.

The majority of those grievously injured were males (69.4 per cent). Moreover, the fatalities that occurred during this quarter involved four males and a female. 

With regard to age, 39.4 per cent of the casualties involved persons in the 26 to 40 age bracket.

The largest number of road traffic casualties (45.8 per cent) involved passenger cars, followed by motorcycles (42.9 per cent) and goods-carrying vehicles (4.1 per cent). The fatalities included a driver colliding with another vehicle, two drivers crashing into a property, a pedestrian being hit by a vehicle and a cyclist being hit by a vehicle. 

Cyclists involved in traffic accidents amounted to 13, where one suffered a fatal injury, three suffered grievous injuries and nine suffered slight injuries. 

Road traffic casualties resulting from accidents between vehicles topped the list with 63.6 per cent of all road traffic casualties.

The highest number of road traffic casualties occurred on Thursdays with 58 casualties, and the highest number of road traffic accidents occurred on Tuesdays with 645 cases or 16.0 per cent of the total. 

The time bracket with the highest number of road traffic accidents occurred between 09:00 – 11:59 with 884 cases or 22.0 per cent of the total, followed by the 12:00 – 14:59 time bracket with 880 cases. 

The least number of accidents occurring daily took place between 03:00 – 05:59 with 33 cases.

The highest incidence of road traffic accidents was registered in San Pawl Il-Baħar with 240 cases, followed by Birkirkara and Ħal Qormi, with 226 and 210 cases respectively.

All districts recorded a decrease in road traffic accidents when compared to the second quarter of the previous year. 

The South Eastern district registered the highest percentage decrease in road traffic accidents at 15.7 per cent, whereas the Southern Harbour district recorded the lowest percentage decrease at 1.2 per cent.